Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

71 reviews

dannythestreet's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Addiction, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Bullying, Stalking, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Terminal illness, Murder, and Misogyny

bettiepathway's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Alcoholism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

punchofwishes's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What a book! It completely lives off of Eleanor’s voice who you find yourself charmed by rather quickly. The writing style is quite delightful and the secondary characters, while not the most unique, carry a spark inside of them. The twists and turns were good, I enjoyed the themes a lot! While I wasn’t the biggest fan of how some of Eleanor’s colleagues who were pretty awful to her just started being nice at the end without any apologies or amends, this book is still one of the most enjoyable reads I’ve had all year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Bullying, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

nicreads10's review against another edition

funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This took me a bit to get into initially as I could not see how I, or anyone, could relate to such a character. But as we get to know her better I grew to like her, as she too begins to like herself. From that perspective I saw that it can be relatable and it ended up to be an entertaining and uplifting read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

readtheroomjess's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, and Domestic abuse

wibke's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

polarplays220's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I really enjoyed this book and think it will stick with me for a long time. I picked it up not really knowing what to expect. It was much darker than I anticipated but ultimately very hopeful. Eleanor is flawed but that’s what makes her so lovable. Very few people have a past as challenging as Eleanor’s but I did still find her and her story relatable which I think speaks to how well written it was. I’m very happy I picked this book up and would recommend it to anyone so long as they’re ok with the dark topics involved in the story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Violence, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Alcoholism, and Bullying

ellen_nicholson's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Death and Child death

Minor: Death of parent

A relateable and socially inept main character, trying to go about life while dealing with serious trauma. The book is separated into the parts: "Good days", "Bad days" and "Better days". While majority of the book happens within good days, the bad days section may be quite confronting for some people. Overall a quick, easy read which I would recommend.

_sarah_key's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Vomit, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

jnnrss's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Alcoholism

Minor: Violence, Child death, Child abuse, Death, and Murder